Taps Cerner to create one platform for docs, hospitals
ROSEVILLE, CA – Adventist Health, an integrated healthcare delivery system, based in Roseville, Calif., has its sights on interoperability. The organization has launched an initiative to expand electronic health record systems across more than 130 outpatient clinics.
The clinic network that Adventist operates in Washington, Oregon and California includes the largest California network of rural health clinics.
"This IT expansion project will enable Adventist Health to maximize its patient-centric focus by delivering clinical information systems within a single platform, and thus providing optimal healthcare information across the patient's continuum of care," said Alan Soderblom, vice president and CIO of Adventist Health.
Adventist Health started implementing Cerner's electronic health record across all hospital settings in 2001. Adventist Health home care agencies implemented Cerner technology in 2009. The rollout of EHRs across Adventist clinics will complement the hospital EHR and home-care technology, Soderblom said.
Increasing the interoperability between the ambulatory, acute and post-acute IT platforms will allow Adventist Health to provide enhanced care coordination as patients move throughout the Adventist system, he said.
With the inclusion of the outpatient medical record, clinicians will have instant, secure access to the complete chart.
"Cerner understands our strategy to provide clinicians with the best clinical data along with improving enterprise operational efficiency."
Kansas City, Mo.-based Cerner is collaborating with Adventist Health on implementing a number of other solutions that align long-term goals of digitizing patient care, including Cerner's Remote Hosting Option for data center services along with Discern nCode, computer-assisted coding, and the Cerner Patient Portal.
Adventist Health is also working with Cerner on boosting its revenue cycle management.
Adventist Health operates 18 hospitals and 14 home-care agencies. It employs 20,000 people.
